Tag Archives: MTA

Late Night “A” Train Advisory

Posted on July 27, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

Late night straphangers – be advised.   This week, no “A” trains will run in either direction from Jay Street to Utica Avenue.  Free shuttle buses are on schedule to run instead.  The shuttle buses will run starting tonight through Friday from 11:30PM to 5:00AM.  Visit the MTA service alert page for more information on shuttle [...]

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The Phantom Tollbooth

Posted on February 11, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

The MTA wasn’t playing when they announced in September that there will be no station agent at the Stuyvesant Avenue/Fulton Park entrance to the Utica Avenue A train.  Not only did they remove station agents, they removed the Stuyvesant entrance token booth.   It’s been about a week since it’s disappeared.   Has this impacted your commute [...]

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Train in Vain

Posted on January 29, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

Transit reports released this week confirmed what commuters have known all along – subway stations are filthy and train delays are way up.   According to one of the articles, MTA Chairman and CEO Jay Walder stated, “We’ve done a good job of keeping the trains clean, but we haven’t treated our stations the same [...]

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MTA Eliminates Customer Assistance at Stuyvesant Ave. A Train Entrance

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Alexa11221

Residents of Stuyvesant Heights are up in arms: Apparently, the MTA has said that after September 20 there will be no station agent at the Stuyvesant Avenue/Fulton Park entrance to the Utica Avenue A train. The community found about about this change only recently through signs posted outside the station. This information is available on [...]

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The NYCDOT Invites Your Input

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ June 25, 2009; 5:30 pm; ] Since I know that part of Bed-Stuy’s geographical appeal lies in its good transit connections to Downtown (both Brooklyn and Manhattan), I though blog readers might be interested in this:

NYCDOT is working with MTA-New York City Transit and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership to improve surface transit within Downtown Brooklyn. This study will focus on making bus [...]

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